| US 7,597,376 B2 | ||
| Seat assembly for a motor vehicle | ||
| Jerome Makala, Guyancourt (France); and Dominique Cabrie, Magny les Hameaux (France) | ||
| Assigned to Renault s.a.s, Boulogne Billancourt (France) | ||
| Appl. No. 11/817,970 PCT Filed Apr. 12, 2006, PCT No. PCT/FR2006/050346 § 371(c)(1), (2), (4) Date Sep. 07, 2007, PCT Pub. No. WO2006/117487, PCT Pub. Date Nov. 09, 2006. |
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| Claims priority of application No. 05 04457 (FR), filed on May 02, 2005. | ||
| Prior Publication US 2008/0203792 A1, Aug. 28, 2008 | ||
| Int. Cl. B60N 2/07 (2006.01); B60N 2/42 (2006.01) | ||
| U.S. Cl. 296—65.13 [296/68.1] | 17 Claims |
| 1. A seat assembly for a motor vehicle, comprising:
a central supporting element configured to be mounted generally vertically in a passenger compartment of the vehicle;
seats mounted on the central supporting element;
assembly connecting members disposed at one end of the central supporting element, the connecting members configured to permit
a movement of the assembly along a longitudinal axis of the vehicle;
first side connecting members disposed between a first one of the seats and the supporting element, and configured to permit
a longitudinal translational movement of the first one of the seats in relation to the supporting element; and
first lower connecting members positioned on a lower portion of the passenger compartment and connected to the first one of
the seats including the first side connecting members, and the first lower connecting members being configured to permit the
longitudinal translational movement of the first one of the seats in relation to the lower portion of the passenger compartment.
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